Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: F Political Science Volume 15 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2015 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X A Critical Analysis of the Institutional Outcomes of Nigeria’s Economic Diplomacy By Fasunwon Adebayo Folorunso Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria Abstract- Economic Diplomacy was used as a an instrument of foreign policy execution in Nigeria with the aim of achieving national development. This study, while using the political economy approach therefore, investigated the institutional outcomes of this instrument in areas of debt management, Gross Domestic Product (GDP employment, and external reserves. Secondary sources of data which include publications of Central Bank of Nigeria, Africa Peer Review Mechanism country report and press reports were used to critically analyse the observed institituional outcomes of economic diplomacy. Economic diplomacy resulted in reduced debts, increases in the nation’s GDP, and external reserves. However, the level of poverty and unemployment was not positively affected by economic diplomacy. This study therefore recommends that subsequent employment of economic diplomacy should be targeted at the substantial improvements of the peoples’ socio-economic status. Keywords: economic diplomacy, gross domestic product, outcomes, poverty. GJHSS-F Classification : FOR Code: 360199 ACriticalAnalysisoftheInstitutionalOutcomesofNigeriasEconomicDiplomacy Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: © 2015. Fasunwon Adebayo Folorunso. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.